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- 1-Bedroom Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €4,800 per m² (e.g., 60 m² = €288,000) About €3,745 per m² on the live St Paul's Bay listing median, which covers Buġibba and…
- 1-Bedroom Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €3,200 per m² (e.g., 60 m² = €192,000) About €3,745 per m² on the live St Paul's Bay listing median, which covers Buġibba and…
- 2-Bedroom Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €4,500 per m² (e.g., 80 m² = €360,000) About €3,745 per m² on the live St Paul's Bay listing median, which covers Buġibba and…
- 2-Bedroom Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €3,000 per m² (e.g., 80 m² = €240,000) About €3,745 per m² on the live St Paul's Bay listing median, which covers Buġibba and…
- Accommodation Mixture of holiday apartments and long-term rentals via QuickLets or Zanzi Homes A one-bedroom long let for St Paul's Bay, Buġibba and Qawra is about €600 to €1,100 a…
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- Attractive Tax System for Digital Nomads Nomad Residence Permit: 10% tax rate on income derived from 'Authorized Work' Nomad Residence Permit holders pay 10% on authorised remote-work income, and that income…
- Best Area to Stay for Tourists Qawra Point or near the Malta National Aquarium for sea views On the seafront by the Malta National Aquarium, Triq it-Trunciera, Qawra.
- Best Coworking Space SOHO Office Space (The Strand, Sliema - 30 mins away) or locally: Glashaus (St. Julian's) There is no coworking desk in Qawra. The nearest with a published price list is Business…
- Best Hospital Mater Dei Hospital (Msida) or St. James Hospital (Private, Sliema/Zejtun) Mater Dei in Msida is the public acute hospital, with an emergency department, and it is…
- Best Taxi/Ride App Bolt, Uber, and eCabs (average ride to Valletta: €18-€25) Bolt and Uber both run ride-hailing across Malta. Wikivoyage puts an airport to Sliema…
- Bike/Scooter Rental Tallinja Bike or Whizascoot (electric scooters) approx. €0.25/minute tallinja Bike pay-per-use is €3 for the first 30 minutes, then €2 per 30 minutes, or €15…
- Cashless Friendly Yes, contactless payment accepted in 95% of establishments Yes on the buses. From 18 October 2026 to 12 June 2027 a winter day single is €2, bought…
- Casino & Gaming Halls Oracle Casino (Qawra, located in the Dolmen Hotel) Oracle Casino is the seafront casino in Qawra, run by Tumas Gaming. Its site is live and…
- City Qawra, St. Paul's Bay, Northern Region, Malta Qawra (Il-Qawra) is a zone of the St Paul's Bay local council, in the Northern Region and…
- Controlled Foreign Company (CFC) Rules Yes, in line with EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD) Yes. Malta's ATAD rules have applied since 1 January 2019. A foreign entity is a CFC when…
- Corporate Tax 35% (effectively 5% for non-residents after refunds) 35% flat on company profits. There is no separate corporation tax. From the rules…
- Currency & Banking Euro (€). 1 EUR ≈ 1.09 USD. Major banks: BOV, HSBC Malta. Euro (EUR). On 19 October 2026 the ECB rate was 1 EUR = 1.1225 USD, about 0.8909 EUR per…
- Dividend Withholding Tax 0% (Malta follows a full imputation system) No withholding on dividends paid to non-residents. Malta uses full imputation, so the tax…
- Gyms & Fitness Centers Cynergi Health & Fitness or 24/7 Fitness Club (Qawra branch - €45/month) 24/7 Fitness Club lists a one-month membership at €70. The clubs on that page are…
- Highest Income Tax Bracket 35% 35% on chargeable income over €60,000 (2026). For a single person the first €12,000 is…
- Highway Access Route 1 (Coast Road) connecting North to the Airport and South Route 1 runs from Ċirkewwa to Birżebbuġa. Beside this bay it is Dawret San Pawl, the St…
- Historical Sites Wignacourt Tower (St. Paul's Bay) Wignacourt Tower, in St Paul's Bay, was built in 1610 and is the oldest surviving…
- Internet Speed Average 100-500 Mbps via Melita or GO fiber optics GO sells home fibre at 1,000 Mbps, with six months free on the current offer, and…
- Local Brewery Lord Chambray (Gozo-based) or Farsons (Cisk Lager) Simonds Farsons Cisk, based in Birkirkara, brews Cisk; there is no brewery in Qawra.
- Main Train/Transit Hub Bugibba Bay Bus Terminus (Direct routes to Valletta, Sliema, Cirkewwa) The Buġibba Bus Terminal is the local hub. There is no train. Route 31 goes to Valletta…
- Music Scene Cafe del Mar (Summer sunset sessions and DJ sets) Café del Mar Malta is part of the Malta National Aquarium complex on Triq it-Trunciera.
- Must-See Landmarks Malta National Aquarium (€15 admission) Malta National Aquarium, Triq it-Trunciera, Qawra, is open every day 10:00 to 20:00, last…
- Population Approx. 23,000 (as part of St. Paul's Bay municipality) Qawra is not counted on its own. St Paul's Bay, which includes Qawra and Buġibba, had…
- Power 230V, 50Hz, 🔌 Type G (UK style) sockets 230 V, 50 Hz, Type G (British three-pin) sockets.
- Property Tax No recurring annual property tax; only stamp duty on purchase No annual tax on owning a home, and no wealth tax. Tax on property is charged when it is…
- Property Transaction Tax 5% Stamp Duty on the value of the property The buyer pays stamp duty of 5% on the higher of price or real value. The seller generally…
- Public Transport Passes Tallinja Card - Personalized card offers free bus travel for residents A personalised tallinja card is €25 to register, then free on day and night buses, the…
- Regional Travel Gozo Channel Ferry from Cirkewwa (€4.65 return) to Gozo Island Gozo Channel sails from Ċirkewwa to Mġarr. Wikivoyage says the foot return is €4.65…
- Religious Sites Parish Church of Our Lady of Sorrows Qawra's patron is Francis of Assisi. The St Paul's Bay council's patrons also include Our…
- SIM Card Epic, GO, and Melita. Prepaid 10GB data plan approx. €15-€20 GO, Epic and Melita. A GO eSIM can be issued in the GO app before arrival. Smart M is…
- Short Term Rentals Airbnb and Booking.com; off-season (Oct-May) rates around €800-€1,200/month A furnished one-bedroom on the St Paul's Bay promenade was asking €150 a night, and the…
- Studio Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €5,200 per m² (e.g., 40 m² = €208,000) About €3,745 per m² on the live St Paul's Bay listing median, which covers Buġibba and…
- Studio Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €3,800 per m² (e.g., 40 m² = €152,000) About €3,745 per m² on the live St Paul's Bay listing median, which covers Buġibba and…
- Tap Water Safe but brackish taste; most residents use reverse osmosis or buy 19L jugs (€5.00) Tap water meets EU safety standards but tastes salty, because most of it is desalinated…
- Tax System Remittance basis of taxation for non-domiciled residents People who are both domiciled and ordinarily resident are taxed on worldwide income…
- Top International Airline Ryanair (hub), Lufthansa, Turkish Airlines Ryanair uses Malta International Airport in Luqa as a base. KM Malta Airlines codeshares…
- Top Regional Airline Air Malta (KM Malta Airlines) KM Malta Airlines, the flag carrier that replaced Air Malta, has its hub at Malta…
- VAT 18% standard rate 18% standard VAT. A reduced 7% applies to eligible accommodation, and 5% to electricity…
fix pass, country lines and prices. Power reads 230 volt 50 hertz Type G British three-pin like every other Malta city. Attractive Tax System for Digital Nomads adds the 42,000 euro income floor and the 300 euro application fee (pwc.com), and Controlled Foreign Company Rules takes the common Malta wording. Studio Purchase Price (City Center), Studio Purchase Price (Outside City), 1-Bedroom Purchase Price (City Center), 1-Bedroom Purchase Price (Outside City), 2-Bedroom Purchase Price (City Center) and 2-Bedroom Purchase Price (Outside City) use the reopened live median of about 3,745 euro per square metre, from 3,754 five days earlier (djar.ai).